If you are considering a nail down solid hardwood floor or any tongue and groove nail down flooring like engineered hardwood or bamboo floor this is a good HD quality DIY video to check out.
Do-It-Yourself or Hire a Pro?
Shopping for Pre-finished Hardwood: Basic Training
What should you prepare for when shopping for prefinished hardwood flooring? The basic training is what you need to be a smart flooring shopper!
Steve’s Stages of Floor Shopping
Experience what a typical flooring shopper goes through and be prepared when you begin your process for buying flooring.
Robustium Strand Bamboo Flooring
Robustium strand bamboo flooring is a great green flooring option perfect for DIY customers that want a high quality floor on a budget.
Flooring Sale
It’s All about Flooring Summer Sale If one part of your home or workplace isn’t looking good, it affects the appearance of everything. Thus you need to consider carefully the materials you will use in building your home. This will not be easy with so many things to consider. There’s the roof, the walls,...
Laminate Floor in Kitchen and Foyer
Q: We are planning to put a wood-look laminate floor in our kitchen and foyer. This is a high traffic area. We were told it has a 25- year guarantee. At $9.60 per square foot (including installation) we want to be sure we are getting good value for quite a bit of money. Any...
Matching a New Floor to Existing Oak Stairs
Q: My wife and I bought a new house that has an existing oak staircase (in excellent shape, about 7 years old), and carpet upstairs. We’d like to install hardwood floor upstairs, but we’re not sure how to match it to the staircase — first, we’re not sure we’d ever be able to find...
Flaking/Bubbling Finish
Q: My wife and I just bought an apartment in March. The poly on the wood floor is bubbling, peeling and flaking off. The builder says he’ll only pay for screening and 2 coats of poly which is $200.But the flooring guy says it needs sanding, sealing and 3 coats of poly which costs...
Screening/Re-screening Floors
Q: What is meant when someone says “re-screen a floor?” A: This goes back somewhat to our question from Lucy about her cork flooring. Re-screening a floor is a way to refinish a floor without actually sanding off any of the wood surface. This is typically used with bamboo or cork flooring to refresh...
Cork Flooring and Adding Additional Finish
Q: We have installed Westhollow cork floor in the kitchen(Monticello) and would like to add a top coat to help seal the seams and for make it more durable. What should we use? Also, can you recommend a cleaner to use on cork when necessary. Thanks. Lucy A: Lucy I’ll be honest when I...
